Chapter 986 Noble Rot Grapes

[Book Title: God-level Farm Chapter 986 Noble Rot Grapes Author: Gentleness in the Steel Gun]

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Xia Ruofei asked with a smile: "Uncle West, so these oak barrels have fully met the standard for use?"

Old West said with an exaggerated expression: "Of course! It must have been closely monitored before the old Carl's unique logo was branded!"

This is equivalent to a brand of Carl, as long as the oak barrels with this logo are branded, the old Carl will be fully responsible.

"That's great! Uncle West, I want two of the barrels, and the remaining four can be left in the winery for use!" Xia Ruofei said happily, "Uncle Carl's barrel-making costs will start from the wine Pay it on Zhuang's account!"

To Xia Ruofei's surprise, Carl said without hesitation: "Xia, I will make these wooden barrels for you for free! As long as you can hand over such wood to me for processing next year! And I will also pay for the cost of making barrels next year. I'll give you a discount!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "Uncle Carl, Uncle West trusts your technology so much, I will definitely give you the batch of oak barrels next year to make, but the money for these six oak barrels still has to be given. The code is one code! We have an old saying in China: Brothers will settle accounts!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Ruofei signaled Old West to write a check directly without waiting for Carl to decline.

For a top cooper like Carl, even if he provides raw materials for him to process, the production cost is very high, even more expensive than buying oak barrels directly on the market, but Xia Ruofei will naturally not care about these small money.

Each barrel cost $300 to make, and Old West quickly wrote a cheque for $1,800 to Carl.

When Carl saw this, he didn't say anything, so he happily accepted the money, and then urged Xia Ruofei to give him the order in the coming year.

After Carl drove away, Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing admired the oak barrel that Old West called "artwork" for a while.

Both of them are laymen who watch the excitement. They look at the oak barrels here and touch there, but they can't see any way, but they think the workmanship is really good, and it looks like a very high-end thing.

Old West actually wanted to keep all the six oak barrels, especially when Xia Ruofei wanted to take away two barrels of grape juice, he was even more distressed.

The quality of this year's grapes is surprisingly good. In the eyes of Old West, Xia Ruofei took away two barrels of grape juice, and the final result could only be all wasted. It's just a crime!

But who made Xia Ruofei the boss! Not to mention taking away two barrels, even if he was going to pour all the grape juice this year into the gutter, old West couldn't stop it!

Therefore, when Xia Ruofei proposed to fill two barrels of grape juice clear liquid now, Old West also accepted his fate and stood up to make arrangements.

At this moment, Aunt Cabelli came over with Old West's mobile phone: "Hey! Your number! It's from the Golden Oak Winery!"

Old West took off his gloves and said to Xia Ruofei: "Xia, wait a moment, I'll answer the phone first!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and nodded.

After Old West took over the phone, he walked to the side to answer the phone, and after a while he walked over with the phone and said, "Xia, I'm very sorry, there are some things at the Golden Oak Winery that I need to take care of. I'll let Cabelli fill it for you!"

Xia Ruofei asked with some concern: "Is there a problem with the golden oak tree?"

"That's not it,

The workers found something special about a batch of grapes ready to be harvested. I have to go to see it right away. "Old West smiled easily, even with a trace of expectation, "Maybe it's a good thing! "

Xia Ruofei became more interested when he heard it, and said, "Let's go and have a look together! Grape juice can be filled anytime!"

Old West said cheerfully: "Of course there is no problem, you are the boss!"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said to Feng Jing, "How is it? Sister Jing, let's go shopping at the Golden Oak Winery together?"

Feng Jing smiled and nodded, imitating old West's tone and said, "Of course there is no problem, you are the boss!"

Xia Ruofei couldn't help rolling his eyes and said, "I'm very happy about it, right?"

Feng Jing laughed so much that the branches trembled.

The group got into Old West's old Holden sedan and drove towards the Golden Oak Winery.

After more than half an hour, they came to the Golden Oak Winery, also located in the Hunter Valley area.

Compared with the West Winery, the Golden Oak Winery is larger in scale, and the building is much newer, just like the difference between a landlord and a long-term worker.

Before it was transferred to Xia Ruofei, Golden Oak Winery was one of the largest wineries in the Hunter Valley, and it was incomparable to West Winery.

But now this winery is surnamed Xia, and Robinson, the owner of Golden Oak Winery, who was full of superiority in front of Old West, has to accept that the big winery he was proud of now has to accept Old West. management facts.

Old West drove the car directly to the vineyard, and then the three got out of the car and walked in.

Golden Oak Winery's vineyards are several times the size of West Winery's, occupying two hills and valleys, and rows of semillon vines replanted last year are neatly arranged and stretched out into the distance, which looks spectacular.

A worker was waiting at the gate of the vineyard, and when he saw Old West and his party, he immediately greeted him.

Xia Ruofei also recognized the worker named Harrison, because Harrison was originally an employee of West Winery, a relatively capable worker under Old West, and had very rich experience in growing grapes, so Old West specialized in it. He was sent here to take charge of the grape harvest.

"Harrison!" asked old West, coming up. "Where are those vines?"

"Uncle West, you can see it after turning over this mountain bag. That area was originally prepared for harvesting in the past two days." Harrison said.

"Go! Show us!" Old West said.

Xia Ruofei asked as he walked, "Uncle West, is there something wrong with the grapes?"

Old West smiled and said, "It's okay, it shouldn't be a bad thing, just go there and see."

Under the leadership of Harrison, the group climbed over the mountain along the path, and soon came to the area that Harrison said.

Xia Ruofei's eyesight is very good, and he saw that the grapes in this area were a little different from what he saw in the past few days.

The grapes became somewhat shrivelled, the color was no longer golden, but reddish-brown, and there seemed to be some unsightly markings on the grape skins.

Xia Ruofei's first reaction was that the grapes were rotten, and he felt a pity in his heart, and at the same time there was a trace of guilt. He felt that it might be that Old West delayed the grape harvesting in order to wait for him to come to Australia. The side grapes are planted on a large scale, so it will lead to the situation that the harvest is too late.

To Xia Ruofei's surprise, when Old West saw these grapes that had become very ugly, he sped up his pace like a treasure, and almost jumped on it.

Then he got close and looked closely, picked a shriveled grape and looked at it again and again, and finally even put the grape in his mouth and chewed it, and then swallowed it with the skin, regardless of whether it was dirty or not.

Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing felt a little cold when they saw it. They must know that there is a layer of mildew on the outside of the grapes! Is this too heavy?

Old West and Harrison looked at each other and said, "That's right! It's botrytis! I'm familiar with the smell!"

Harrison was also very excited when he heard the words, and said: "Uncle West, the grapes in this large area are like this. So...the winery is going to make a fortune this year?"

Old West laughed and said: "I think Boss Xia must be very willing to hear this news!"

Xia Ruofei was confused and asked inexplicably: "Uncle West, are these grapes rotten? Didn't we lose a lot of money? Why does Harrison still say that he is going to make a fortune?"

Feng Jing also found it difficult to understand. The grapes in this large area have become such ghosts, and they can no longer be used at first sight. Why is Old West so excited, just like going out to pick up money?

Old West laughed happily and said, "Xia, these grapes are not rotten, to be precise, they are infected with mold!"

Xia Ruofei didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Isn't that a meaning? It's useless after all, it can only let them rot on the tree!"

Old West waved his hands again and again and said, "no! no! no! In summer, these grapes can not only make wine, but also make the best botrytis wine!"

Xia Ruofei is a novice in the winemaking industry, and he doesn't usually have a special hobby for wine tasting, so he doesn't know any noble rot wine at all.

However, Feng Jing couldn't help her eyes light up after hearing this, and asked, "Uncle, you mean... expensive rot wine is made from this kind of grapes?"

Old West laughed, called Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing to approach the vine, then pointed to the grapes above and said, "Look, the mold infected on the surface of the grapes is noble rot mold, only the white rot infected with this mold. Only grapes can make noble rot wine!"

Old West was in a very good mood, so he enthusiastically introduced noble rot wine to Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing: "In addition to being very sweet, noble rot wine also produces glycerin and special aromas that make the taste more moisturizing. , such as the rich aroma of dried fruit, honey, raisins and noble rot mold. Noble rot wine is known as 'liquid gold', and was once praised by King Louis XIV of France as 'the wine of the king, the king of wine'."

"It's so powerful!" Xia Ruofei couldn't help but say in surprise, "These grapes don't seem to be able to make wine at all..."

Old West laughed and said, "That's why botrytis wine is called 'surprise in the ashes'!"

When Xia Ruofei heard it, he felt that it was quite appropriate. These originally watery grapes had already lost their moisture and became shriveled, and their color was also very ugly, like ashes.

Old West then introduced the origin of noble rot wine to Xia Ruofei and Feng Jing, and they couldn't help but be amazed.

Many beautiful things often come from accidents, and noble rot wine is a typical example.

According to legend, during the grape harvest in AD 1650, the grape growers in Tokaj were delayed until November to pick grapes due to the disaster of war. The late picking grapes became shriveled and even covered with a layer of mold, but there were no fresh grapes available for winemaking. The master had to make wine from moldy grapes. Unexpectedly, the wine of that year is full of aroma, sweet and refreshing with honey, flowers and preserved apricots, full-bodied, high acidity, sweet but not greasy, very attractive.

Accidentally delayed picking, unexpectedly brought a new fate to Tokaji noble rot wine, from then on to glory.

The color of noble rot wine is like gold, and the price is even more like gold. Among them, chateaud'yquem's 1811 noble rot wine was auctioned at a high price of 117,000 US dollars per bottle, and the 1787 drip gold noble rot wine auctioned 10. Ten thousand U.S. dollars. Even the most common noble rot wines cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

Such an expensive price is because the formation conditions of noble rot grapes are very harsh.

For example, there should be moist fog in the morning, which is conducive to the growth and spread of noble rot bacteria, which will drill small holes on the grape skin; then there is dry and hot weather in the afternoon, so as to inhibit the excessive growth of noble rot bacteria and avoid its It develops into vicious gray mold, and the dry and hot environment will make the water in the fruit evaporate from the small holes, and the sweetness, flavor concentration and acidity of the grapes will naturally increase.

At the same time, this must happen on ripe grapes, otherwise noble rot can also develop into botrytis.

In addition, the production cost of noble rot wine is also very high, it must be picked purely manually, the fermentation time is very long, and the output is scarce, and it is easy to attract birds to steal it, so the high price is reasonable.

After listening to the introduction, Xia Ruofei realized that the climate in the Hunter Valley is not suitable for the formation of noble rot grapes. This time, the formation of such a large area of ​​noble rot grapes was an accident given to them by God in the eyes of Old West. Happy.

Old West laughed and said: "Originally, these grapes will be picked as soon as they are ripe, because Xia was delayed in Saipan for two days, so the whole picking plan was postponed a little bit, but I didn't expect this to happen after the delay. Surprise!"

Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "I was quite guilty at first! Now it seems that a bad thing has turned into a good thing!"

Feng Jing pursed her lips and said with a smile: "It seems that there are places where there is flying, and there will always be various miracles. We have already seen it!"

Old West burst out laughing, and then immediately asked Harrison to organize people to pick these noble rot grapes.

Noble rot grapes must be harvested completely by hand, because not the entire bunch of grapes will be infected with noble rot bacteria, so they must be selected one by one. This is a very delicate work that must be done by experienced workers. West must also check on the spot.

Xia Ruofei moved slightly in his heart and said, "Uncle West, don't I want two buckets of grape juice serum? Help me replace one bucket with this kind of noble rot grape!"